A poem about lemons and how healthy they can be if you incorporate them into your daily diet.
A lemon a day
keeps the colds away
so they say
but why is it so?
Lemons are high
in vitamin C
an undisputed defender
against viral infections
against immune system weaknesses.
Lemons are what we need
to seed the deed.
A lemon a day
keeps the doctor
away.
Why is it so?
You may ask.
Lemon in your water
lemon on your food.
Have it every day
to keep the weariness
far far away.
Buy some lemons
juice them
and add them to your tea.
Taste its bitterness
even if you hate it
and denounce it.
Use it as a medicine
and you will feel healthier
as it defends your body
preventing those colds
seeping into your nose,
throat and chest.
Something to invest
to spruce you up
when a swishing winter arrives.
A coldness harrowing the body
a shivery ailment
to keep away
with a lemon a day.
I always cut up lemons and use them on salads and other foods. It's something I have always done. My family was lemon mad and that's probably where I got it from.
©️ Denise Larkin 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Also published on Medium.com
About the Creator
Denise Larkin
A writer of a BA with honours (2.1) in Arts & Humanities recently gained a Creative Writing Master's Degree. She writes poetry, fictional short stories, and is the author of the Time to Run series, Darkness and The Non-Human.<aT.
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